SXUS44 KMAF 180937 RECMAF Recreational Forecasts for West Texas/Southeast New Mexico National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 437 AM CDT Mon May 18 2026 Recreational forecast text represents an average of conditions over the entire park. Spot temperatures and probabilities of measurable precipitation are for today, tonight, and Tuesday. TXZ279-280-282-182100- Big Bend National Park- 437 AM CDT Mon May 18 2026 .TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s in the mountains to around 106 along the Rio Grande. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds around 10 mph shifting to the southwest after midnight. .TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s in the mountains to around 104 along the Rio Grande. Northeast winds around 10 mph. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s in the mountains to around 101 along the Rio Grande. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers likely and chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s in the mountains to the lower 90s along the Rio Grande. Chance of precipitation 70 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s in the mountains to the mid 90s along the Rio Grande. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. .SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s in the mountains to the lower 90s along the Rio Grande. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. .SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 80 in the mountains to the mid 90s along the Rio Grande. && TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION Visitors Center 99 68 99 / Castolon 104 72 104 / Chisos Basin 89 64 89 / Persimmon Gap 100 69 99 / Rio Grande Village 109 71 108 / $$ NMZ027-028-182100- Carlsbad Caverns National Park- 337 AM MDT Mon May 18 2026 .TODAY...Sunny, windy. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 50 mph. .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Windy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph becoming west 10 to 20 mph after midnight. .TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the east in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Increasing clouds. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds around 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 80. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. .SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. && TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION Visitors Center 89 68 90 / $$ TXZ277-182100- Fort Davis National Historic Site- 437 AM CDT Mon May 18 2026 .TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. .TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. .TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Light and variable winds becoming southeast around 10 mph in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. .WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds around 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 50s. .FRIDAY...Sunny. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 50s. .SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 80. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. .SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. && TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION Visitors Center 92 56 93 / $$ TXZ270-271-182100- Guadalupe Mountains National Park- 337 AM MDT Mon May 18 2026 .TODAY...Sunny, windy. Highs in the lower 70s near the mountain peaks to the upper 80s below 5000 feet. West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 50 mph. .TONIGHT...Clear, windy. Lows 57 to 65. Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 50 mph becoming west 15 to 25 mph after midnight. .TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s near the mountain peaks to the upper 80s below 5000 feet. West winds around 10 mph shifting to the southwest with gusts to around 25 mph in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 56 to 63. East winds 10 to 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s near the mountain peaks to the mid 80s below 5000 feet. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers in the evening. Lows 55 to 62. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s near the mountain peaks to the mid 80s below 5000 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 55 to 62. .FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s near the mountain peaks to the mid 80s below 5000 feet. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 55 to 61. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s near the mountain peaks to the mid 80s below 5000 feet. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 56 to 62. .SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s near the mountain peaks to the upper 80s below 5000 feet. && TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION Visitors Center 8562 86 / Dog Canyon 74 57 76 / McKittrick Canyon 85 67 87 / $$